Anton Antipov, born in Belarus. Although not particularly athletic at a young age, his parents signed him up for all sorts of physical activities, such as swimming, running track, sambo and even a little bit of gymnastics.

His family emigrated to the United States in 1997, it was then that he was approached by the top modeling agency Boss Models in New York. He signed a 3 year contract and dropped his major in art to pursue modeling. Near the end of this contract he started gaining weight in order to join an agency that would cater more to the type of physique he dreamed of building and ended up representing the agency Wilhelmina.

Fast forwarding to March 2012, Anton entered his first physique contest, Steve Stone’s NPC Metropolitan Show, where he came 4th in his class. He did 7 more shows and earned his pro card at the IFBB North Americans 2012, winning his class and the overall title in Men’s Physique.

He also won IFBB Powerhouse Classic 2013, 2nd at the New York Pro 2013, 12th at Mr. Olympia Men’s Physique Showdown and won the IFBB Prestige Crystal Cup Pro 204, which made him qualify for the 2014 Mr. Olympia for the second year in a row.